Template:Oobox/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:Oobox.
It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

This template is used to create infoboxes for egg fossil taxa (ootaxa). See Egg fossil#Classification for more information.

This template uses Lua:

Documentation for the automated taxobox system

Taxonomy templates

Taxobox templates

Which should be used?
Changing the taxa displayed
Convert a taxobox to an automated taxobox
Glossary of automated taxobox parameters
Automatic taxobox – mainly for genera and higher taxa
Speciesbox – for a species
Subspeciesbox – for an animal subspecies
Infraspeciesbox – for a plant subspecies or variety
Hybridbox – for an animal hybrid within a genus
Ichnobox – for a trace fossil
Oobox – for a fossil egg
Virusbox – for viruses and non-cellular life
Paraphyletic group – for concepts that do not correspond to a monophyletic clade
Population taxobox - for notable populations of subspecies of animals

Usage

This template operates in a similar manner to {{Automatic taxobox}}. Please see that template for usage instructions.

There is no equivalent of {{Speciesbox}} for oospecies; almost all articles are about oogenera and oofamilies.

The top-level taxon for ootaxa - i.e. the parent for ootaxa that have no higher classification - is "Veterovata".

Template Data

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Oobox in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Oobox

An infobox for ootaxa (fossil eggs)

Template parameters
This template prefers block formatting of parameters.
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
fossil_range	`fossil_range`	no description	String	suggested
image	`image`	no description	File	optional
image_caption	`image_caption`	no description	String	optional
parent_authority	`parent_authority`	no description	String	optional
taxon	`taxon`	no description	String	required
authority	`authority`	no description	String	suggested
type_oospecies	`type_oospecies`	no description	String	optional
type_oospecies_authority	`type_oospecies_authority`	no description	String	optional
subdivision_ranks	`subdivision_ranks`	no description	String	optional
subdivision	`subdivision`	no description	String	optional
synonyms	`synonyms`	no description	String	optional